Debra Clewer

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2019

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“Perfectly Pickled” by Debra Clewer

Submitted to Contest #16

PERFECTLY PICKLED. Hi, I’m fourteen-year-old Alex Graham, and I have to tell you yesterday was the weirdest day of my whole life. While I was at Grandma’s house with my little brother Mitchell. Gran has a television installed in her kitchen, which she watches when she’s cooking. She was following her favourite cooking show, Backwoods Homestyle Delights, when an ad break came on. There I was, standing by the kitchen door, listening to my grandmother laughing loudly at the ad for pickles. You know the one, where a genie appears to two people ...

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“The Revisit” by Debra Clewer

Submitted to Contest #11

Ruth gazed pensively at the lines on the back of her eighty-five-year-old hands. They stood out like railway lines, the tracks of her life. There had been derailments, rough journeys and times when life needed much trackwork. That’s funny, really, considering that Jim has always loved the railways so much. The last few years in particular had been difficult, especially adjusting to changed circumstances, but today was to be special. James was arriving by ambulance transport to take up residence in the facility. She was a little nervous,...

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“The Christmas Gift” by Debra Clewer

Submitted to Contest #9

    Ethan pressed his back against the cold café window, sheltering his face from the persistent drizzle. He fingered the small velvet box in his pocket while he waited for Hannah. He was sure she’d love it. The last two years had been wonderful, and now he wanted to secure the relationship. Despite the weather he was content, happy, confident. Nothing would faze his plans for the future, especially today.  In a moment she would arrive for a pre-working day coffee, something they did on a regular basis. He loved thei...

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Author bio

Debra (Williams) Clewer is an author from far North-West Tasmania. She has 3 Middle-Grade time-travel historical fiction fantasy novels independently published, (The Harriet Series), 3 short children’s stories published in anthologies, and three short adult stories on the U.S. Reedsy site. Another short story is appearing in a new anthology titled I Used to be An Animal Lover in May 2023. In 2022, Debra released her first Chapter Book, Ah-Fur Super Sleuth, The Case of The Missing Moggies. Currently she has several works in progress, including the next book in the Ah-Fur series and a 4th Harriet novel. She has a vivid imagination and is also a seasoned puppeteer and puppet maker, bringing both her own characters and those of other authors to life. In her spare (?) time, she is the social media creator and advertiser for her local art and craft shop. www.clewerbooknook.com